Talk:HijackThis

Has it really been open sourced?

I read the article, have seen the sourceforge site, but the source is not actually available. Anyone else think it's a hoax? Any news from Trend Micro? Gazzat5 (talk) 20:57, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Apparently so. Repo: http://hjt.svn.sourceforge.net/

Trend Micro news: http://newsroom.trendmicro.com/index.php?s=43&news_item=950&type=current&year=0

Gazzat5 (talk) 20:59, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Not for Windows 7 (ver 2.05 beta, latest as of 2011

It works but it gives a lot of false positives. You can add them to ignore if you know what they are though. I recommed using Autoruns. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.243.178.205 (talk) 08:48, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

I have not managed to find the 2.0.5 beta. All the links on the download page (labelled 2.05 beta) point to 2.04 stable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.42.148.88 (talk) 16:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

2.03 Beta

hey, the 2.03 beta is out - http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/ - so if someone could add this to the preview release thingy that would be great. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathtreath93 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Any and all links to automated HJT

Any and all links to automated HJT analyzers should be barred from the page. They often make mistakes, and with most infections, "fixing" using HJT won't help; other tools are needed. Expert analysis is the only proper way to use this tool. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MistaMatt90 (talk • contribs) .

Agreed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Proficient (talk • contribs) 23:49, 14 July 2006 (UTC).

I disagree. The existance of automated HJT analyzers is factual and should be mentioned. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not here to promote a particular point of view (WP:NPOV), or to censor automatic scanners because some/many human analyzers don't like them; the article already makes their position clear. Capi 00:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

While I think they should be mentioned, it should be so with the caveat of their common mistakes should be included, combined with none of the analyzers should be mentioned.I think the fact that they are prone to mistakes is NOT a POV. It is a FACT. Just like false-positives are a fact with antivirus programs. The difference being, with HJT an uneducated user is making a decision on some possibly ruinous settings, whereas with AV programs knowledgable people are the ones writing the rules.

Mistamatt is right as well in that many infections require additional tools to remove the infeciton. Though many CAN be removed with HJT.74.131.103.139 (talk) 03:14, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Adding more info.

I think that this page should have for information about HJT, how to run and use it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abustiaf (talk • contribs) 21:14, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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"kao321" posting

I thought MRU said not to link the website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.42.139.15 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I showed the list to Chris and he didn't object. MMJ Wiki 17:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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@ AlistairMcMillan: This page is being built slowly. You are just doing harm in removing a section that needs explaining.MMJ Wiki 17:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

What Wikipedia is not

Please read Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not. Particularly the section headed "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information". AlistairMcMillan 21:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Win 98?

System requirements:

Operating System:

• Microsoft™ Windows™ Vista
• Microsoft™ Windows™ XP
• Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000
• Microsoft™ Windows™ Me
• Microsoft™ Windows™ 98

Software:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0
• Mozilla™ Firefox™ 1.5 or 2.0

Compatible with: Windows 2000 and newer

Currently at version: 2.x

-> Download from MajorGeeks

-> Download from TrendMicro

To download a free Trend Micro™ HijackThis™, please click the button below.

>>>The new owner TrendMicro says Win98-Vista, but the fellow who wrote it says "Windows 2000 and newer". What are the potential issues with running the latest version with Win98? Also, there are three different versions of the download - please explain. -68.236.103.195 (talk) 15:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

There are not three versions. "One" is a direct executable, "one" is an installer, and the "last one" is a zipped version. It's the same program. Screen317 (talk) 21:10, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect information

This...

HijackThis, sometimes abbreviated HJT, is a freeware spyware-removal tool for Microsoft Windows originally created by Merijn Bellekom, and later sold to Trend Micro. The program is notable for taking a heuristic approach to detecting malware - rather than relying on a database of known spyware, it scans a user's computer quickly, creates a list of differences from a known spyware-free environment and allows the user to decide what from the list is to be removed. HijackThis is used primarily for diagnosis of spyware, as uninformed use of its removal facilities can cause significant software damage to a computer.

...is incorrect. The bolded part above implies that any entry HijackThis detects is malicious since it deviates from what is displayed on a "known spyware-free environment." If no one objects, I will be editing it soon. Screen317 (talk) 21:10, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

If you can find a more accurate description then why not. But "known spyware-free environment" seems to summarize the basis of HJT the best. Because, after all, what do we know about the "environment" that the scanned machine gets compared to? It´s definitly not ta default Windows installation (the default IE search-engine settings get flagged).

Yes I think the phrase in question is alright, because it is "a known spyware-free environment", not necessarily or even probably "the spyware-free environment that the user wants", so the user still has to decide which is malicious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.74.106.121 (talk) 05:32, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

HiJack or Hijack?

The icon and the webpage mention HiJackThis as the name, but the software title says HijackThis, which one is it? Perhaps the name was changed but not the actual coding of the name — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbartelsm (talk • contribs) 21:39, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

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